Christopher Hall on Changing Our Approach to Grief

Our nation’s leading voice in the topic, Christopher Hall - CEO of Grief Australia - joins us to talk all things grief and his lifelong goal to change how we as a society deal with it. 

In the episode Chris takes us through:

- What we can learn from the sex ed movement when it comes to grief

- Why grief is so misunderstood

- How we maintain connection to those we’ve lost and move to a ‘relationship of memory’

- How grief often starts before someone passes

- Why relief can be partnered with grief

- and why that’s okay

- Chris’s view on the ‘5 stages of grief’ (spoiler: grief isn’t actually linear or prescriptive in nature)

- Why a gendered view of grief is harmful

- How AI and technology may one day be used to help on grief journey’s

- How grief should be seen as a collective experience and not an individual one

- Why Chris isn’t a fan of the word ‘closure’

- Why we all need to be that little bit braver 

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Content Warning: This podcast episode contains discussions about suicide. Listener discretion is advised. If you or a loved one are struggling, reach out to Lifeline Australia 24/7 on 13 11 14

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For more on Christopher Hall you can follow him on ⁠LinkedIn  ⁠and learn more about Grief Australia at ⁠https://www.grief.org.au/⁠ or at ⁠@grief_australia⁠ on Instagram. 

For more on Grin + Bare It or to share feedback, follow the show on ⁠TikTok⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ or our host Cale Donovan on ⁠LinkedIn⁠. 

For additional grief resources, including workbooks, visit ⁠https://bare.com.au/grief-support